I'm not a CBer, but I'm hoping you folks can help me out. There's someone
who lives near me who I'm guessing is broadcasting with excessive power
(I'm assuming there are regulations concerning that?) Every time he
transmits I pick him up on my TV, radio, cordless phone and computer
speakers and he locks up the cordless mouse on my computer.

To make it works, 99% of the time all he does is whistle, say
"Heeeeeeelllo" or make other weird noises. It gets extremely irritating
having to listen to him.

Is there anything I can do? I've considered seeing if I can find someone
who has a CB I can borrow, find out what channel(s) he's transmitting on,
and ask him politely to knock it off.

Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report it
he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham radio?

--
Methuselah
"The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the
hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and
hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!"
-- Plautus, 200 BCE

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Methuselah Jones of rec.radio.cb make plain:

To make it works
Er, I mean "worse".

--
Methuselah
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go."
-- Oscar Wilde

Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report it
he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham radio?

The FCC enforces both. You may want to check for local regs.
The FCC recently made a change that allows local jurisdictions to put regs
in place that they can enforce, as long as they are in line with the FCC
regs.


http://www.fcc.gov/eb/tpsd/ is the particular bunch at the FCC that is best
suited.

Your local ham club may also have some help to offer.
While it does sound like he couldn't possibly be running legal power limits
(4W) there are things that you can do on your end, that will probably be of
more help in the short term.

Ferrite filters (radio shack) applied on cables, on the end closest to the
electronics, should help.
On a phone, put the filter on the phone end of the cable, on an
amplifier-speaker cable, put the filter on the amp end of the cable.

Methuselah Jones wrote in
. 97.132:

I'm not a CBer, but I'm hoping you folks can help me out. There's
someone who lives near me who I'm guessing is broadcasting with
excessive power (I'm assuming there are regulations concerning that?)
Every time he transmits I pick him up on my TV, radio, cordless phone
and computer speakers and he locks up the cordless mouse on my
computer.

Yes... these are all signs of illegal amplifiers... and yes, there are
regulations.

To make it works, 99% of the time all he does is whistle, say
"Heeeeeeelllo" or make other weird noises. It gets extremely
irritating having to listen to him.

Yes... this is typical.


Is there anything I can do? I've considered seeing if I can find
someone who has a CB I can borrow, find out what channel(s) he's
transmitting on, and ask him politely to knock it off.

They will refuse. It is pointless to politely ask them to stop. He may
become hostile



Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report it
he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham
radio?


Go to somewhere else on the FCC site to complain. With the budget they
have, though, you may not see enforcement.

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Legal Radio of rec.radio.cb make plain:

Methuselah Jones wrote in
. 97.132:

Is there anything I can do? I've considered seeing if I can find
someone who has a CB I can borrow, find out what channel(s) he's
transmitting on, and ask him politely to knock it off.

They will refuse. It is pointless to politely ask them to stop. He
may become hostile

Well, I figure it couldn't hurt to try; if he does get hostile, he
doesn't know who I am any more than I know who he is.

Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report
it he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham
radio?

Go to somewhere else on the FCC site to complain.

Where elsewhere? That was the only reporting place I found (granted, I
stopped looking after I found it).

--
Methuselah
"Wise men talk because they have something to say, fools talk because
they have to say something."
-- Plato

In 32, Methuselah Jones
wrote:

Carved in mystic runes upon the very living rock, the last words of
Legal Radio of rec.radio.cb make plain:

Methuselah Jones wrote in
. 97.132:

Is there anything I can do? I've considered seeing if I can find
someone who has a CB I can borrow, find out what channel(s) he's
transmitting on, and ask him politely to knock it off.

They will refuse. It is pointless to politely ask them to stop. He
may become hostile

Well, I figure it couldn't hurt to try; if he does get hostile, he
doesn't know who I am any more than I know who he is.

Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report
it he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham
radio?

Go to somewhere else on the FCC site to complain.

Where elsewhere? That was the only reporting place I found (granted, I
stopped looking after I found it).

Don't bother with the FCC, they won't enforce crap. What you do is start a log,
noting everything that happens with this guy, including the day, time and
duration of his transmissions, any contact you make with him, etc. If you can,
record some of the interference. When you have compiled enough evidence, send
him a letter (certified, return-receipt) asking him to stop. If he refuses, talk
to a lawyer or paralegal about filing suit and/or charges under your local
nuisance laws.








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A well-placed pin in the coax will solve this problem immediately.

Quick, inexpensive, and effective. If done properly, nearly impossible to
detect.

I must agree I have done this once or twice. Also tying a cable to the tower
or mast and to the bad CBers car bumper. One I have heard of but not tried
is a syringe of liquid mercury injected into the coax.

"SouthDakotaRadio" wrote in message
...
A well-placed pin in the coax will solve this problem immediately.

Quick, inexpensive, and effective. If done properly, nearly impossible to
detect.

"WG" wrote:
I must agree I have done this once or twice. Also tying a
cable to the tower
or mast and to the bad CBers car bumper.
One I have heard of but not tried
is a syringe of liquid mercury injected into the coax.

Sounds like you've injected liquid mercury into your brain.....

I would say that it sounds like he is running outside the law. One thing I
must say is not to approach him. Take a look around your neighbourhood for
CB antennas on houses and see if cutting the coax cable takes him off the
air for a while. If not then you got the wrong place so just try the next
one. He must be quite close to you to do that kind of damage. When you do
find the right place an Ark-welder attached to his cable cranked to full
should then fix the problem for good. I believe in self policing before
going to the feds.

"Methuselah Jones" wrote in message
. 97.132...
I'm not a CBer, but I'm hoping you folks can help me out. There's someone
who lives near me who I'm guessing is broadcasting with excessive power
(I'm assuming there are regulations concerning that?) Every time he
transmits I pick him up on my TV, radio, cordless phone and computer
speakers and he locks up the cordless mouse on my computer.

To make it works, 99% of the time all he does is whistle, say
"Heeeeeeelllo" or make other weird noises. It gets extremely irritating
having to listen to him.

Is there anything I can do? I've considered seeing if I can find someone
who has a CB I can borrow, find out what channel(s) he's transmitting on,
and ask him politely to knock it off.

Failing that, is there any legal action I can take? Should I report it
he http://www.fcc.gov/eb/AmaCmpl.html or is that just for Ham radio?

--
Methuselah
"The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the
hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and
hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!"
-- Plautus, 200 BCE